KTH1234 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-80
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Late Roman-Early Byzantine Cooking Pot
Description
Cooking pot. Heavy loop handle, circular to oval in section.
Fabric, firing, surface
Core fired to light red, surface plain but fired to pale (2.5Y 8/3); coarse, hard fabric; frequent, medium, light (limestone?) and dark (mostly dark grey), sandy chunks (few quartzitic?), and other smaller varied bits; many inclusions visible on surface. NePcf.
Preservation comment
Intact. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; slightly worn; thin, sparse patches of encrustation.
Handle width
0.0251
Preserved height
0.0942
Material
Ceramic (Material)
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